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Whitfield adopted the evangelical style of his American colleague which put him at odds with the dominant rationalism which had largely stagnated the Church of England.

Whitfield became a tireless itinerant, crisscrossing the extent of Wales and England preaching to thousands of factory workers, miners and country commoners.

His voice was exceptional, captivating and could be plainly heard by the largest crowds. His dramatic movement s and eloquence held his audiences spell-bound and crowds eagerly gathered to hear this great evangelist.

He sent workers ahead of time to pass out handbills and post announcements regarding upcoming revival meetings.

The money collected in the offerings he sent to help the orphanages in Georgia.

While in Philadelphia, Whitfield befriended Benjamin Franklin although the latter was quite skeptical of the evangelist’s true motives at first. Franklin was a confirmed rationalist and determined not to contribute to the offering.

“I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector’s dish, gold and all.”

Publishing Whitfield’s messages in his Pennsylvania Gazette, Franklin helped spread Whitfield’s message far beyond the reach of his marvelous voice. American publishers produced over 80,000 copies of Whitfield’s booklets, enough for ten percent of the entire population in the American colonies.

After Whitfield left in 1741, the colonial churches swelled in membership well into 1742. The impact was most dramatic in New England especially among men and youths such that it reversed what had been a female majority in their churches for decades preceding the Great Awakening.

“gentlemen, I thank you, for your attention to me, when I was about this court yard in all kind of vanity, folly and vice, you took no notice of me; but when I have forsaken all these vices, and warn men to forsake and repent of their sins, you bring me to the bar as a transgressor, ... how is all this!”

One of jury, “Swearing Jack” Waller was so moved he was converted , settled his gambling debts and began itinerant ministry of his own.

“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not be religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” Patrick Henry